
Associate Professor ILARIA TANI
DIPARTIMENTO DI GIURISPRUDENZA
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca
Piazza dell’Ateneo Nuovo, 1
20126, Milano, Italy
Email: ilaria.tani@unimib.it
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Attorney-at-Law in Milan (Italy). Associate Professor of International Law of the Sea, Ocean Affairs Law and Policy, Maritime Navigation Law (Master courses), Technical Aspects of the Law of the Sea, and Polar Law (PhD courses). Director of the PhD programme in Marine Sciences, Technology and Management at University of Milano-Bicocca and the Italian Institute of Technology. Member of the Italian Delegation in United Nations’ and International Hydrographic Organization’s working groups, negotiations, and processes related to the law of the sea, including its technical aspects. Legal consultant for States, private sector, and international secretariats on matters related to the law of the sea. Former Associate Legal Officer at the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, Office of Legal Affairs, United Nations (UNDOALOS, New York, United States).
AWARDS
Scientific Fellowships
- Associazione Italiana di Diritto Marittimo (Comitato di Genova), 2026
- Fellow – Centro Studi Militari Marittimi della Marina Militare (Venezia, Italia), 2026
- Consigliere – UN-GGIM-IHO Joint Working Group on Marine Geospatial Information, 2026
- International Law Association – Italian Branch, 2024
- Responsabile Scientifico – Accordo quadro tra Ateneo e Marina Militare, 2023
- Consigliere – IHO Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure Working Group, 2022
- Consigliere – UN-GGIM Working Group on Policy and Legal Frameworks for Geospatial Information Management, 2022
- Consigliere – UN-GGIM Working Group on Marine Geospatial Information, 2022
- Responsabile Scientifico – Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale, 2015
EDITORIAL BOARDS
- Rivista Giuridica dell’ambiente, 2019
- Poredbeno pomorsko pravo = Comparative Maritime Law, 2026
CONGRESSES/CONFERENCES
- Program chair – Il diritto in uno spazio estremo: la dimensione sottomarina(Italia), 2025
- Program chair – Oceani di plastica e di ghiaccio: un viaggio attraverso racconti e proposte per salvare il mare(Italia), 2018
PUBLICATIONS